Support in the Community

Nothing Living Lives Alone

Scottish Vision Strategy 66% registered blind or partially sighted people of working age are unemployed 3 out of 4 blind or partially sighted people live in poverty 1 in 8 people over 75 years old have sight loss – increasing to 1 in 3 people when over 90

Scottish Vision Strategy By 2021 40% of the population will be over 50 ….

Christie Commission ‘a radical change in the design and delivery of public services is necessary, irrespective of the current economic challenges’

Christie Commission ‘work closely with individuals and communities to understand their needs, maximise talents and resources, support self reliance, and build resilience …’

Change

Timing

We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.

Michael Matheson ‘The ultimate aim of SDS is to support independent living, deliver better outcomes for individuals and to ensure that all individuals can participate fully in society regardless of their circumstances or disability’

to see our children have a better life to be together to learn to contribute to see our children have a better life

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.